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| Re: Someone fell for this... [message #367690 is a reply to message #367675] |
Sun, 18 January 2009 01:43   |
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I don't find this funny at all. Yes, he fell for it, which could be sen as funny but all the rest seems very sad to me...
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| Re: Someone fell for this... [message #367722 is a reply to message #367675] |
Sun, 18 January 2009 06:45 |
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It's sad indeed...Though he's not the only person falling for this trick. Each year there are over a hundred people who get ripped off this way.
There are a lot of campaigns against this type of scam, but the Nigerian scammers seem to be smarter.
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| Re: Someone fell for this... [message #367744 is a reply to message #367675] |
Sun, 18 January 2009 08:19 |
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John Rempel said he quit his truck driving job, lost friends, borrowed money and crossed the globe in pursuit of a non-existent inheritance, after he was contacted by e-mail in what is known as a Nigerian 419 scam.
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His troubles began in July 2007. He said he got an e-mail from someone claiming to be a lawyer with a client named David Rempel who died in a 2005 bomb attack in London, England, and left behind $12.8 million.
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This is where you got the snail mail misconception from:
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"They used to come in the mail," said Leamington police Const. Kevin O'Neil. "Now the majority of these are sent through e-mail. Keeping up with the times, using all the wonderful technology that's available to them."
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Oh, and even if it was through snail mail, my point remains valid for two reasons: (1) once you know of a scam, you should *conceivably* be aware of it even if it's through a different medium, and (2) you still don't give money to someone from a different country who merely promises to give you more money in return.
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| Re: Someone fell for this... [message #367748 is a reply to message #367675] |
Sun, 18 January 2009 09:04 |
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Obviously people fall for this otherwise they'd stop sending those e-mails, it's something like 1 in 5 million fall for it but that's enough to keep them going.
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| Re: Someone fell for this... [message #367752 is a reply to message #367749] |
Sun, 18 January 2009 09:52 |
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cheesesoda
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| EvilWhiteDragon wrote on Sun, 18 January 2009 11:06 |
| cheesesoda wrote on Sun, 18 January 2009 16:19 |
(2) you still don't give money to someone from a different country who merely promises to give you more money in return.
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Actually, that is quite common. Perhaps not just "a person" but buying shares in a company or putting money on a foreign bank account isn't that weird. And those do promise you more money in return. Not by there margins, but still.... Same principle could be applied.
But your way of thinking you would say that it would be ok to have a bank, and get people to bring their money there, and then after say a year or so (when you got quite a lot of costumers) close the shit down and say: Sorry man, you where so stupid to put your money in someone else's hands...
That wouldn't be right now would it? But that is basically what this is. They just fancy it up so that people are more inclined to find out more about this (in the hope that it is actually true). This is caused by the same disease you seem to have. It's called greed.
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There are clear differences between investments and "quick cash" schemes, and you know that. Corporations and banks are registered entities, and they're known, if not well-known.
Yes, I would say that. Anything that promises you money by spending money DOES have an inherent risk to it. Bank accounts are low risk, low reward situations, and stocks are generally high risk, high reward. If you were scammed by a bank, it is your fault if you have no fail-safes to getting your money back. I would laugh at someone who would put money into a bank that they could not verify as legitimate. It's just a very stupid thing to do, and anyone willing to go into something without a fail-safe is an idiot and deserves what they get. Sometimes you have to learn the hard way. I do, all of the time, and I never consider myself a victim.
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| Re: Someone fell for this... [message #367871 is a reply to message #367675] |
Sun, 18 January 2009 23:59 |
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I'm sorry but that isn't one bit sad. If you are that stupid to fall for it and get dragged on for OVER A YEAR then you deserve to get riped off. What kind of parents give their kid $60,000 without checking it out anways? I hope that kid never breads and that shallow gene pools ends with him. On a side not I wouldn't be friends with this kid either.
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| Re: Someone fell for this... [message #367899 is a reply to message #367675] |
Mon, 19 January 2009 05:15 |
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Some other dude in England fell for a Nigerian scam also recently.
I'm noticing a pattern here, all the duped people seem to be pretty ugly.
I feel sorry for them though, it's a pretty shameful act to con someone like that.
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